Briefing
- Task Force Mako—“Preacher”
- Near Isabela City, Philippines
- 6°42’N 121°58’E
- Objectives: While following the P.E.T.N. lead to the Philippines, Task Force Mako must now contend with ASG (Abu Sayyaf Group) terrorists who have taken hostages. This mission you play as “Preacher”. You are teamed up with “Mother”. The two of you must fight your way through the ASG and get to the Isabela Hotel where the terrorists are holding several people hostage. A monsoon has hit the area and the heavy rain has caused flooding. Use the storm to cover the noise of your attacks as you try to keep things stealthy for as long as possible.
Loadout
Primary - LaRue OBR 5.56
Secondary - HK MP7-Surefire suppressor
Frag Grenades - x6
Story
Knowledge gained from a cell recovered in Pakistan leads Mako to the flooded Basilan region of the Philippines. The capital city has been seized by Abu Sayaaf Group separatists, the same group that was to receive the shipment of explosives. Their mission is to traverse typhoon- ravaged Isabela City and reach OP Betty and assist Philippine Counter Terrorist forces in an ongoing hostage situation.
Hospital Part 2
When a High Value Target appears in Basilan, Mother and Preacher are taken by surprise and the conclusion is even more surprising. The why’s and how’s are not important now as Mako must act quickly if they are to rescue the hostages.
Mission Map
Get to the Isabela Hotel
Eliminate any Resistance
Your two-man team has infiltrated an ASG-occupied village on the outskirts of Isabela City. It is important to maintain stealth for as long as possible. When the mission begins, you are directly behind an enemy. Press the melee button to silently kill the target with your tomahawk.
Follow “Mother” to one of the shacks. While he hangs back to cover you, crouch down and move quietly through the shack towards the enemy standing in the doorway with his back to you. Come up behind him and kill him with a melee attack. If he sees you before you are close enough for a melee attack, quickly shoot him before he can raise an alarm.
Exit the shack and advance along with “Mother” towards another shack. You can get in close enough to this hostile for a melee attack, so take careful aim and kill him with a headshot.
Now follow “Mother” as he rushes forward towards another shack. Drop prone and crawl beneath the shack’s floor. “Mother” kills one of the hostiles inside the shack. However, one walks out of the shack. Use your rifle to kill the hostile before he can get to the cover of the next shack.
“Mother” leads you to another shack. Crouch down and enter it. There is a single enemy inside. Move in quietly and shoot him before he can open fire. Then exit the shack and move across a flooded open area.
After moving through a gap in a damaged wall, watch for a couple hostiles patrolling near a structure. Take aim and wait for them to move away from their cover. If you time it just right, you can kill both at the same time with a single shot. This is the best change to get the Double Header achievement/trophy.
Move through the structure and take cover behind a low wall. Three terrorists are talking out in the open. Take aim and make sure your rifle is set for automatic fire. Line up a shot so two of the enemies are one behind the other. This lets you kill both with a short burst. Then take out the third terrorist with a second burst. Once they are down, the resistance in the village is completely eliminated.
Breach and Clear
Move to a wooden door indicated by a target icon and select a type of breach you want to perform. Make sure your rifle is set for iron sights. The scope does not work well in this type of engagement. As soon as the door is breached, go after the four hostiles inside. Start on the left side and work your way to the right.
Clear the Field
Exit the room and follow “Mother” through an area of destroyed shacks and rubble. Ahead is a single sentry standing on a beached boat. Take cover behind some rubble and kill him with a carefully aimed headshot.
Stay put for now. There are several more hostiles on the building up ahead. Take out your LTLM and target the building for an air strike to clear out the enemies that could cause a lot of trouble for your team as you advance.
The enemy knows you are here now, so no more need to stay quiet. Rush forward along with “Mother” towards the building that just got hit. Take cover before you get to the plaza with the planter boxes and open fire on enemies that come to attack you. There are a lot of enemies in this area, so it is vital that you stay behind cover and peek or lean to take shots at them.
Move forward and take cover behind the planters. In the twilight, it’s difficult to see the enemies. However, several are using flashlights to find you. Therefore, locate the flashlights and fire at them to kill the terrorists holding the lights. It is important to stay behind or near cover. If you start taking hits, get low and behind cover.
After clearing out any enemies in the planter area, advance cautiously towards another area of planters at the far end of the plaza. As you move, more hostiles appear from between buildings up ahead and to the right. Get behind cover and then open fire. Next, turn to the left and watch for more hostiles coming from that direction. Move to cover that protects you from that direction. Also watch out for grenades. The terrorists throw them to try to flush you out. As you advance, always make sure you have a fall-back position to which you can return if a grenade gets lobbed in your direction.
Stay near “Mother” during the firefight in the plaza. You can get more ammo from him since you’ll use quite a bit clearing out the enemies. As soon as all hostiles have been eliminated, follow “Mother” to a building.
Once inside the building, go to the double wooden doors and breach them. There are four hostiles inside. Start off by killing the enemies on the left side, because they are more likely to fire at you first. Then work your way to the right where the enemies dove away from the flashbang. Once the room is clear, follow “Mother” out the far door and back into the storm.
Clear a Path to the Hotel
Move across a flooded parking lot with cars and jeepneys to an alley on the other side. There are no enemies in the parking lot, but use caution as you approach the alley.
As you get to the alley, kill the hostile patrolling the area before he sees you and can run away or return fire. Then quickly find some cover. There are lots of enemies in the alley or the small yards to either side. Some of the terrorists carry flashlights, so target the lights if you can’t see the person. If necessary, back out of the alley and take cover by the gates.
In addition to the hostiles in the alley, watch for enemies up on the balconies overlooking the alley. Take them out because they can fire down on you while you are focused on the terrorists at ground level. One of the enemies on a balcony has an RPG, so be sure to take him out as soon as you see him or he can be deadly to your team.
The alley is a kill zone with terrorists around every corner waiting for you. Not only do you need to watch out for hostiles ahead of you, but also from the yards on the other side of the alley. Be sure to lean around cover before exposing your entire body and moving. The enemies also jump over gaps in the walls and are not afraid to charge you, so be ready with a melee attack if they get in too close.
Once all of the enemies in the alley are dead, follow “Mother” to the end and go through a gate. Continue towards a flooded street. An upside-down bus floats in front of you. Move inside via the front door, continue through the length of the bus, and emerge out the back door. Be ready to fire at a hostile on the other side of the street who is waiting to ambush you.
There are several hostiles down the street taking cover behind walls and cars. Fire at them, but be ready to move when they start throwing grenades. Advance down the right side of the road where you can find more cover and have a good chance of flanking the enemy. Once they are eliminated, leave the street and turn down a short alley leading to the right.
Take cover at the end of the short alley and wait for the enemy to appear. Target the machine gunner on the top deck directly ahead of you. Stay back and pick off enemies while “Mother” advances. Provide covering fire for your teammate. Don’t rush into the fight yourself or you’ll be rushed by enemies and overwhelmed. Thin out the opposition first.
Once it seems clear, rush forward to some cover and get ready for more fighting. Hostiles seem to appear from nowhere. Shoot at them when they expose themselves. Don’t forget you have frag grenades. When there are several enemies behind cover, a well-thrown grenade can do wonders. Just watch out for grenades thrown at you as well.
When “Mother” starts advancing to the end of the area, and then turns to the left, begin following him. Stay back so you can provide covering fire and engage hostiles trying to flank your teammate.
Once the area is finally clear, follow “Mother” through the flooded alleys until you see some more enemies up ahead. Stay back while your teammate begins the engagement and fire at those hostiles that charge “Mother” or yourself.
Advance into a flooded warehouse area and find cover. Several hostiles begin attacking from the other side of the area. Watch for flashlights and muzzle flashes as well as grenades. Lean around or peek over cover as you engage each of the enemies one at a time.
Clear the left side of the area and then rush across. Now you can begin advancing down the left side while “Mother” stays on the right. This allows your team to catch the enemy in a crossfire and forces them to attack one of you while allowing the other to get in shots. Use the concrete supports for cover and clear out all the enemies you can see before rushing forward to the next support.
Clear out the area at the end of the warehouse as well as any enemies on the buildings, then follow “Mother” out into the street. Keep going around to the right side so you have cover as you approach more hostiles.
As you get to the corner, be ready for a fight. Terrorists come at you from the street and fire at you from upper floors of the buildings on both sides of the street. If necessary, fall back so you are not taking fire from more than one direction, then work your way forward. Start off by getting those enemies up on the building to the right and then those on the left side. The key is to keep some type of cover between you and all of the enemies.
As you clear out the hostiles in the buildings, watch out for an RPG soldier on a rooftop. The first you know he is there is usually after his first shot. He is now your priority target. Kill him and then continue clearing out other enemies.
Now begin to cautiously advance down the flooded road between the buildings. Watch for enemies to rush towards you. Take shots and then duck behind cover. Clear out these enemies before continuing on.
Move forward towards the break in the brick wall. As you do, more enemies come down the stairs ahead of you. Try to gun them down as they are on the stairs and before they start attacking you. If necessary, pull back down the road and take cover behind buildings, since you can be quite exposed out in the road.
Breach and Clear
Kill all the enemies, then head up the stairs along with “Mother”. Stack up on the door and give the order to breach. However, as you rush into the room, there is nobody there. Instead, the ceiling collapses—just missing falling down on you.
The Hotel Isabela is directly ahead. Follow “Mother” down the ramp of rubble to the ground below.
Get to the Roof
Advance across the area behind the Isabela Hotel. There are no hostiles in this area, so just stay with “Mother” as he contacts other members of your Task Force. Once you get to the hotel, move up several flights of stairs that lead to the roof.
When you get to the top of the stairs, wait up for “Mother” and then move through the doors out onto the roof. Advance across the roof towards a high point behind the hotel’s sign. Here the two of you can set up an observation post to put eyes on the capitol building where the terrorists are holding several people hostage. Observations from “Mother” and “Preacher” will be important in determining the next course of action.